https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PnKBSOulwo
I designed a lamp shade in Fusion 360. The tutorial was easy to follow and allowed for me to add my own creativity to the design. I attached a picture of my design and the link to the tutorial that I followed.
I really enjoyed the presentation by Design For America. Our group chose what we thought was the most challenging scenario: Design solutions to assist the visually impaired in their social lives. We learned about products like Blitab http://blitab.com/ which is a tablet for the visually impaired individuals. Our idea was to combine this tablet with a smart phone and design an app similar to “Friendzie.” This app would link to Facebook and allow its users to search for friends based on certain categories or interests, such as “visually impaired,” “legally blind,” “knitting,” “yoga” etc. The app could link to uber for friends wanting to share rides to certain events. The app would even contain transcriptions of movies, that would capture and process the audio of the movie, so the user could simultaneously be getting descriptions of the action through the Blitab while also hearing the audio. One group also came up with an app for google glasses, that would capture the faces of the individuals you interact with and direct the user’s head with gentle vibrations around the ears to direct the blind person’s head toward the person. The google glasses could also link with Facebook and Linkedin to tell the person’s name through a speaker in the user’s ear using current face recognition software. Design For America is a very inspiring group of multidisciplinary individuals working together to solve the problems of our society through innovative design.
My previous exposure to 3D printing had been from a purely medical perspective. While I had heard of many of the applications that were discussed in lecture, I had not seen or heard about the design applications like the fabric that changes color and shape when you look at it. The potential application for future designer clothes is a very exciting prospect. I also loved the picture of the 3D printed violin picture. I was curious to see how they sound, so I found a video of a woman playing a 3D printed violin and attached it below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trwy2Z-e2GA
I found many interesting models on thingiverse by searching the word “heart.” There was one really model that divides the heart into three slices. Medical models are expensive, but 3D printing makes them accessible at a fraction of the cost. This will become a huge resource for schools. Within in the same search I also found a “hole in my heart cookie cutter.” I definitely want to make this cookie cutter! I also found a cute idea for a valentine. My fiancé loves puzzles, so this year I hope to give him this 3D heart puzzle.
After exhausting thingiverse I hopped over to Shapeways. Shapeways seemed more like the etsy of 3d printing models with all of their intricate art designs. While Shapeways had fewer “heart” designs, they had several anatomical bones. One designer is working on creating a full human skeleton model, but it is not complete yet. I may try to create my own skeleton model as it would be a fun way to study for physiology.
Medical model: three slices of heart
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:632569
Hole in my heart cookie cutter
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:245884
Valentine Puzzle
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:26334
Full Human Skeleton Model